Thanks, Kam.
Thanks, Matt.
That was very helpful.
Sophie
> From: Kam Dahlin <hax...@me.com>
> To: "MacRuby development discussions."
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> Subject: Re: [MacRuby-devel] Scripting OmniGraffle
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> Hi Sophie,
>
> Here is a little example, that I hope makes things more clear.
>
> graffle =
> SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.omnigroup.OmniGrafflePro")
>
> win = graffle.windows.first
> canvas = win.canvas
>
> circle =
> OmniGraffleProfessionalShape.alloc.initWithProperties({:name=>"Circle",
> :origin=>[100.00, 100.00], :size=>[300, 300]})
> canvas.shapes.addObject(circle)
>
> The example above uses the class name that should match what is in the header
> file that you generated.
>
> You can also use a slightly different method for getting the correct class:
>
> circle =
> graffle.classForScriptingClass("shape").alloc.initWithProperties({:name=>"Circle",
> :origin=>[100.00, 100.0], :size=>[300.0, 300.0]})
>
> the -classForScriptingClass method takes the name of the class you would use
> in Applescript and then returns the class that the ScriptingBridge machinery
> expects. Just a slightly different approach and useful if you know the name
> of the class you would use in Applescript, but not the actual name used by
> ScriptingBridge.
>
> If you look in the header that you generated for OmniGraffle, you will see a
> bunch of @property declarations in each of the class definitions. The names
> of these properties you use as the keys in the initWithProperties method.
> Alternately you could also do:
>
> circle = OmniGraffleProfessionalShape.alloc.init
> canvas.shapes.addObject(circle)
> circle.setName("Circle")
> circle.setOrigin([100.0, 100.0])
> circle.setSize([300.0, 300.0])
>
> If you are going to set properties on an object, it must be added to a
> container first.
>
> Most of this is explained pretty well in the ScriptingBridge documentation,
> which is probably worth a look:
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ScriptingBridgeConcepts/AboutScriptingBridge/AboutScriptingBridge.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006104-CH3-SW9
>
> hth
> kam
>
> P.S. the origin and size properties are actually defined as part of the
> OmniGraffleProfessionalGraphic class which OmniGraffleProfessionalShape
> inherits from.
>
> On Nov 15, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Sophie wrote:
>
>> Sorry for the sloppy subject line in my earlier question.
>>
>> Thanks, Kam, Matt for your very helpful replies.
>>
>> Kam, any idea how I would initialize the alloc'd shape to be e.g. a Circle
>> of some size at some position?
>>
>> I generated the files with sdef & gen_bridge_metadata, found lots of useful
>> things there. Is there something in these files that would lead me to:
>>
>> shape = OmniGraffleShape.alloc.init
>> canvas.shapes.addObject shape
>>
>> ? I don't see either alloc or init, or addObject in the 2 files.
>>
>> Also, is there some reason why there is no corresponding "make ..." method
>> in either file? Applescript gladly seems to call "make" (so does Ruby
>> Appscript) on doc, canvas, or layer ... but I'm no Applescript guru :-(
>>
>> Thanks !!
>>
>>
>
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